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The presence of Romani in Portugal in the early 16th century is confirmed by the title of a play by Gil Vicente from 1521, Act of the Gypsies (O Auto das Ciganas). Starting with King John III in 1526 and throughout the centuries, numerous discriminatory laws (some listed below) were aimed at the Romani, who were only recognised as citizens in ...
The Romani people in Brazil (Portuguese: Ciganos no Brasil) are known by non-Romani Brazilians as ciganos (Portuguese: [siˈɡɐ̃nus-ˈnuʃ]), or alternatively by terms such as boêmios, judeus (in Minas Gerais) and quicos (in Minas Gerais and São Paulo), in various degrees of accuracy of use and etymology as well as linguistic prestige.
Cigano (plural ciganos), a Portuguese name for the Romani people, may refer to: Romani people in Portugal; Romani people in Brazil; Junior dos Santos (born 1984), nicknamed "Cigano", a Brazilian mixed martial artist; Cigano, a 2013 Portuguese film
Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (English: Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra) or PUCMM is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic university in the Dominican Republic. The university grants undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and professional degrees.
O Rei dos Ciganos is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 12 September 1966 and ended on 20 February 1967. It is the second "novela das oito" to be aired on the timeslot. [1]
In Brazil, the Roma are mainly called ciganos by non-Romani Brazilians. Most of them belong to the ethnic subgroup Calés (Kale) of the Iberian peninsula. Juscelino Kubitschek , Brazil's president from 1956 to 1961, was 50% Czech Romani by his mother's bloodline, and Washington Luís , the last president of the First Brazilian Republic (1926 ...
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Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen was born on 6 November 1919 in Porto, Portugal. [1] [2] She was the daughter of Maria Amélia de Mello Breyner and João Henrique Andresen.. She had Danish ancestry on her father's side, notably her paternal great-grandfather, Jan Andresen, who had traveled alone to Porto as a boy and never left the regi